Plenary

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GA/9045

ASSEMBLY TO HOLD SPECIAL SESSION IN 2000 ON FOLLOW-UP TO WORLD SOCIAL SUMMIT; SETS UP COMMITTEE TO MAKE PROPOSALS FOR SUSTAINABLE AFRICAN ECONOMIC GROWTH

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GA/9046

ASSEMBLY CONDEMNS ARBITRARY EXECUTION OF KEN SARO-WIWA AND EIGHT CO-DEFENDANTS IN NIGERIA BY VOTE OF 101-14-47

MODERATOR: Good morning. I have the pleasure to introduce His Excellency Professor Diogo Freitas do Amaral, President of the General Assembly, who has been here, as you know, from the beginning of the Assembly and who has developed his own creative proposals and ideas, in addition to the official functions he is performing as President of the Assembly. I take the opportunity to welcome him here and to invite him to take the floor.

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GA/9044

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GA/9042

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GA/9040
UNU/168

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT SAYS QUESTION OF HOW MUCH AUTHORITY UNITED NATIONS SHOULD EXERCISE IN COMING DECADES NEEDS URGENT CONSIDERATION

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GA/9041

ASSEMBLY CALLS ON STATES TO PROMOTE PEACE IN AFGHANISTAN, STOP FLOW OF ARMS TO ALL PARTIES; APPEALS TO WARRING PARTIES TO RESPECT HUMANITARIAN LAW

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GA/9039

ROLE OF ORGANIZATION FOR SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE IN BOSNIAN PEACE WELCOMED BY GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Also Appoints Members to ACABQ, Committee on Contributions, Board of Auditors, Investments Committee, Administrative Tribunal

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GA/9038

SOUTH AFRICA'S 1974-1994 ASSESSMENTS NO LONGER DUE AND PAYABLE, ACCORDING TO TEXT ADOPTED BY GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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GA/9036

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS PROGRAMME FOR YOUTH TO YEAR 2000

Three years in preparation, the World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and Beyond was adopted by the General Assembly this morning without a vote.